Making Lee, 12 ga., 7/8 oz. shotgun slugs 

First, replacement sprue plates are like $4. Second, I don't see how it's possible to bend said thick steel plate with normal or even heavy rapping. I do it all the time to make it release the sprue. Never had one bend. You're more likely to damage the threads on the screw that holds the plate on than the plate itself, if you beat on it with it open.

@@robertfrapples2472 there is no reason to hit your sprue plate . Put on a welding glove and push it over .Every bullet mold is a precision machine why beat on it like a computer

Rubbish. These things cost $38. Beat the living hell out of them. I make thousands of Lee slugs. I have to pour 500 today. The best way to make a reluctant one drop the slug is to smack the thin metal plate you mentioned that supports the core pin. It may bend a bit, but it easily bends right back. I have four of the 7/8oz models that I've used for years. They still perform flawlessly, and have paid for themselves countless times.

I just heat my mold by the fire and quench all my slug babies

That is an excellent suggestion. Thanks

thank you , i was gonna post that lol

My 10lb potatoes Not Have.. I Figure Use Some 2x4 Drop Offs And a Bolt I Can Adjust As A Limit For Alignment.

I've been wondering why no one makes a 2- or 3-ounce slug. Why not bigger than the industry standard?

@@waynegroves6922 may be to much weight an not enough velocity out of a low brass bird shot shell idk

This particular slug geometry seems to shoot more accurately at 7/8 ounce. There are other slug configurations that shoot well at higher weights. Why are there no 3 ounce slugs? Physics! For each action there is an equal reaction. A 3 ounce slug would require about three times as much gunpowder and would generate about three times as much recoil.

Good luck trying to perfectly center that piece of tungsten otherwise your slug won’t fly straight. Better off buying the Lee 1oz slug mold if you want a heavier slug but 1oz slugs are not as accurate as the 7/8

Drop it on wet soft towel.

Oh ok I see what you mean the big steel bolt at the base I was doing it wrong as well just started making them, and it works great mine didn't come with any instructions tho.

Still my fave for ease, & reliability.

Any luck?

@@tomothybahamothy Haven't tested since that comment. One person had some luck lubing the core pin with candle wax but it shouldn't be like that where you have to lube it every cast.

The pin has to finish warming up and expanding. Pull the slugs off with pliers and reintroduce them to furnace you ding them up. Otherwise keep casting until they start coming off easier. I’ve it take 10 or more before.

@@ramo0901 I had the mold sitting in the pot too much that it wouldn't let the lead set. After a little it should have been down to the correct temperature but it still wouldn't let go.

@@tomothybahamothy the monarch bird shot I was using was too hard with antimony. You have to dilute it with soft lead like fishing sinkers or air gun pellets. After that they drop like nothing.

Can’t say. Never tried or seen data to support that. Sorry

I believe with a brass hull it's black powder that's used.

I wondered the same when I went to buy my molds. I heard that 1oz are not as accurate because of their weight distribution.

@andrewrouth249 I saw the same as well .. I ordered 1 oz anyways.

Fs reloading has led products for a good price.

Amazon

He is using a 20 pound Lee bottom pour pot.

Lee precision. Find them on google, facebook, ect. They are the cheapest way to go. RCBS is better quality, but more expensive. Lyman is good, Seco, Redding, Hornady all make good stuff. Cabelas sells reloading stuff, Natchez, Midway USA, Brownells, Gander mountain. Those are good places to start. Google is a good way to find stuff too. Im sure you can buy the stuff on Amazon too.

I think I got mine from midwayusa

@@Sharps-im4lb thank you, but it says out of stock and no backorder available. I think they are discontinued everywhere

I buy all my lead already alloyed; (#2, 20:1, 100 %, etc.) from an on line site and use what ever is recommended in my book. 🙂. I do not polycoat.

I will be using Pure soft lead and will add about 1-2% tin to help with the mold fill out. I will not be using alloyed lead b/c I don't want to have a hard lead slug, I only have smooth bore. I may want a harder lead if I had a rifled barrel?

James Tepfenhart the instructions said to smoke it if I recall correctly.

I go into more detail and show my lead pot in this video. Enjoy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bg9BHbu3mPo.html

The answer is yes and maybe. Lead comes in different hardnesses. As long as you are generally using the same lead type you’re okay to mix in some bullets. However, I keep my lead types in separate containers so I know exactly what I’m shooting.

If you follow the directions on getting the mold ready there shouldn’t be an issue. I’ve never had a sticking problem. As the lead cools it pulls away from the mold but you still have to smack it.😁

I use the lead Lee recommends which is pure lead.

Lee Pro 4-20

@@Sharps-im4lb thank you

It’s a Lee 20 pound bottom pour pot

The dipper is a powder measure.

@@jungleno. yeah.... but is it a recommended amount for a 7/8 slug ? It's has no instructions on what the dipper is for. Is it black powder, flash powder, baby powder? Doesn't say and a lil Birdy told me you gota be very careful and exact on the amount you use.hahaha but that was a good answer.

@@BUZZKILLJRJR the slug mold from Lee comes with instructions and a couple of load recipes. The powder Dipper is for those recipes. There are very few recipes for the Lee slugs but some reloaders(wink wink) use starting load recipes intended for 7/8 oz shot with wads appropriate for slugs. Some reloaders(wink wink) use between 16-17g Hodgdon Clay's under Fed 12S0 or Winchester gray or pink wads for low recoil 7/8 oz slug loads.

@@jungleno. Roger that. There were some that requires alot more but starting small and easier and working up would be the best way to take it slow.

@@jungleno. also thanks brother I appreciate the time for the answers, mine didn't come with instructions tho so I'll have to see if I can call them or find it online. any good shot gun loading books a guy could recommend?

Ceez33 soft will be just fine But I’d cast hard lead if I’m going after bear

@@MyLonewolf25 It was back in 1960, and I was seven years old. I was outside playing with my new spinner top, when a friendly, neighborhood bachelor arrived home from work, saw me out in the street throwing my top around, and invited me over to his house - across the street and down about two, to show me his toys. Over the summer, he taught me how to make some interesting string toys, like the walkie-talkies we "tested" out in the front yard. My mom thought he was a pervert, or something, because she never saw him with a female, but I discovered that he was just a lonely guy, a loner, and just wanted someone to talk to. The point of it all is that he was also a gunner, a reloader to be exact. I remember him showing me how he obtained lead to make his bullets, the powders, and everything that went into making bullets. That's where I became a gun enthusiast. Towards the end of the summer, I remember my dad talking to my mother about all the cars in the neighborhood suddenly losing all their wheel weights - like, overnight. I also remember my older friend showing me how to reload a bunch of bullets that he had just poured (I even got to help cut the sprues off), and him telling me that these were made from some extra hard lead that he just picked up. Well, I never confronted him with the news about all those missing wheel weights, but even as a young child I knew where all that shiny lead came from. I learned many years later just how hard wheel weight lead was, and how it was a favorite material of reloaders to use in creating varying degrees of bullet hardness.

Pure lead is best. The softer the better. DO NOT shoot slugs through barrels with choked tubes. Shot is ok but expensive.

Pure lead will weigh more and it is very soft. It will mushroom and deform when fired, during impact. Hard lead weighs less, and keeps its form better during firing and after impact. Hard lead usually penetraits better because of less mushrooming. Any lead you can melt down should work, but it really depends on what you want to use it for. Hard lead is usually brittle, and can break, soft lead bends and mushrooms and usually dont break.

They fit nicely in once fired Federal or Estate hulls. Tapered wall hulls are a bit too snug of a fit. Fed 12S0 wads or Winchester gray or pink wads work fine with a crimp. Claybuster versions WILL NOT work.

Sorry I don’t know. I’ll have to do some research

The Lee 7/8oz slugs are very accurate. They fit nicely in once fired Federal or Estate hulls. Tapered wall hulls are a bit too snug of a fit. Fed 12S0 wads or Winchester gray or pink wads work fine with a crimp. Claybuster versions WILL NOT work.